With the release of the Droid from partners Verizon and Motorola comes with something unseen in mobile phones. A service that’s free. Google just introduced a service on the droid to provide free turn by turn directions. With the announcement, the stock prices of both Garmin and Tom Tom tumbled. Both Garmin and Tom Tom provide gps navigation but with a fee.
The service brings features never seen on any gps system. The free service from Google, allows for turn by turn direction in conjunction with street view so that you can actually see the intersection that you’re supposed to turn on. Sometimes its difficult to even follow turn by turn directions by looking at a surface map but with having a visual of the actual intersection, getting lost will be a thing of the past.
The gps system that Google is bringing to the Droid may be available of the Apple iPhone however executives from Apple may think otherwise. Apple has recently acquired a mapping company that may be enhanced features to its own turn by turn gps navigation.
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